Trammels Make UAMS Part of Estate Plan
| FAYETTEVILLE – Dick and Nancy Trammel, long-time residents of Northwest Arkansas and avid supporters of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, recently designated the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus as a beneficiary in their estate plan.
Once distributed, the gift will bring the Trammel’s total financial support of the Northwest Campus to more than $100,000.
Dick Trammel has more than 20 years of volunteer service to UAMS and the UAMS Northwest Campus. He is a life member of the UAMS Northwest Campus Advisory Board and serves on the UAMS Regional Programs Community Advisory Board. He also served on the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Foundation Fund Board and the UAMS Foundation Fund Board.
A native of Pocahontas, Ark., Dick Trammel graduated from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. After college, Trammel returned to his hometown and was active in the cotton gin and grain elevator business. He then became vice president and was a founding director of Planters and Stockmen Bank.
In 1975, he moved to Rogers, Ark., to become a vice president of First National Bank & Trust Company, which later became Arvest Bank, Rogers. He has called Rogers home ever since. Prior to his retirement in December 2018, he served as executive vice president, a member of the board of directors and board secretary.
Nancy L. Trammel is a native of Augusta, Ark. With a knack for business, Nancy focused her career on banking and retired from Simmons Bank in Little Rock.
“I know UAMS well,” Nancy said. “The Cancer Institute cared for my mother. We went to UAMS believing mother’s days were limited. Instead, we had her with us for several quality years. I am personally grateful to UAMS for helping my family through a difficult time. We all have health issues. Dick and I believe there is no better place to invest than in our community’s health.”
In recognition of their years of dedicated service and philanthropy, the UAMS Northwest Campus will recognize the Trammel’s with a tribute to be exhibited in the Northwest Campus’ main conference room.
Dick Trammel has also been a long-time supporter of the Northwest Arkansas medical community. He is a founding director, director emeritus and past chairman of the Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute (NARTI). He received the 1997 Distinguished Service Award from the Arkansas Hospital Association for his work with NARTI. He served on the Board of Directors for Mercy Health Systems of Northwest Arkansas from 2002-2008 and is a past chairman and board member of the Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas. He also recently completed 10 years of service to the state as a member of the Arkansas State Highway Commission.
“I want to thank Dick and Nancy for including us in their giving plan,” said Pearl McElfish, vice chancellor of the UAMS Northwest Campus. “The Trammels have long championed quality health care in Northwest Arkansas, and this gift is one more example of their generous spirit.”
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.
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